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Apothecary Diaries - Episode 40 (Patreon)

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2025-09-09 23:32:21
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2026-10-20 15:00:54
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victoria t

Everything will be answered by the end of the season lol

Raden

Even when they saw Surei it took a second to click 🤣🤣. It's all about to be revealed now 👀

Michael

last quarter of the season, apothecary peak again

Phyllis

Both the romance anime Michelle mentioned is good. The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity is a lovely shoujo romance. Boys Love (BL) is the general term we use cause it can be love between boys and also between adult men. BL is the lighter version means more light-hearted romance. There is another term used which is more than just light-hearted romance, it's called Yaoi( it also means BL in Japan). I don't think Michelle is ready yet so you should stick to pure BL romance for the time. And GL is Girls Love, aka Yuri(GL in Japan). Fair warning Michelle, once you go down the rabbit hole of BL romance there is no turning back. I've got tons of recommendation if you ever go down that rabbit hole.❤️🤭 Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! has a J-drama too if you are curious. 😆 Seinen is for young adult males. Josei is for young adult females.

AlecSinWonderland

I’m definitely gonna check out that Cherry Magic, 30 years of virginity can make you a wizard. Sounds interesting

Lizzylizh

I’ve seen both anime’s lol , one is sooo funny , and the fragrant flower is sooo good, feel good and makes my little black heart happy I also read ahead 😭

지원

I was surprised when I first saw the episode title, but it turns out it was combined with season 1.

Heather

Yall not reacting to romance anime on here k*lls meeeee😩 I want to watch with you Michelle but I get wanting to binge 🥲

wheezin365

"Maoyu: Archenemy & Hero" was one of my first romance animes. its older now(2013) but would still recommend .

Phyllis

Apothecary Diaries genre is actually drama, mystery, romance. Haha yup you guys didn’t catch on that the young eunuch was Suirei when they first revealed her face, right? It'll all start to click soon, especially when you realize Shisui is literate and used expensive paper for her drawing and more of that will unravel in the next few episodes. As for the older female servants in the clinic, like Shenlu, they weren’t forced to stay, they chose to. Servants term is 2 years and they will be let go. Like the story hinted, something has been festering since the late emperor’s time, and there’s definitely a plot brewing in the background. Lakan testing Shishou with the green grape juice, calling it red, was actually to confirm that Shishou was color blind. That trick was something he learned from his uncle, Luomen(also MaoMao's adoptive father). You’ll learn more about that soon too. And yes, Lady Ah Duo was pretending to be the Crown Prince in Jinshi’s place, while Jinshi was busy investigating and searching for MaoMao. So much to unpack so get ready what's about to come! Things are about to get real deep and interesting!

Heather

This is actually a HUGE turning point! So excited for certain things to still be revealed and for the plot to cook even more! Some things to remember that won’t spoil and have been stated already in previous episodes are, that the man who was revealed to be color blind is Shisho, the most powerful political figure after the royal family and who made the emperor take his daughter (Loulan) as a high consort to potentially have children in line for the throne. And whose party the emperor’s younger brother was almost assassinated at. Yall already mentioned it but I’ll just add it in, color blindness runs in the maternal line but specifically in the bloodline of “the mother royal”. And in the past, having that color blindness was required to even become emperor. Either the potential emperor had to be color blind and get through the shrine of choosing or his consort had to be colorblind and lead him through it. This was to sneakily ensure that that specific bloodline was always in power. This was broken up by the previous emperor being the only surviving prince in line for the throne. So he didn’t have to go through the shrine. The Suirei reveal was so satisfying to watch!! Her comeback is insane! I totally get why MaoMao is always glazing her and said she shouldn’t be underestimated. The clinic ladies being behind all the current emperor’s children dying is so sad to me. What the previous emperor did to Shenlu and all the older ladies in the clinic was unforgivable but the current emperor and his children and consorts didn’t deserve that😔 And Shenlu being in cahoots with Suirei, who was also trying to assassinate the emperor’s younger brother… the plot is plotting!

Subieflow1318

Finally got to this point and it gets good later on especially towards the end

CaptainCameron

This is one of those amazing episodes where MaoMao has a revelation about something (the bug book) but the show derails you into looking at some shiny new plot point (Suirei reveal). I noticed throughout the show that the things you truly need to focus on are actually whatever MaoMao is pondering about.

botanbutton

In a way, I'm glad ya'll didn't know that was Suirei the whole time 😂 Don't worry, everything will come together. :) Nobody's gonna give you much info so it doesn't get spoiled. You'll just get reminders lol.

botanbutton

And just to add on to you Phyllis! A reminder I always have to put: Shounen, Shoujo, Josei, & Seinen (I don't think there are anymore? lol) are DEMOGRAPHICS. They end up under genre cause it's easier to categorize what you see and temper expectations, but some Shounen can be romance (ex. Horimiya) and some Shoujo can be action (ex. Yona of the Dawn). Action, romance, BL, GL, adventure, fantasy, etc are GENRES. 🤓

Michelle Lam

Ooh I can’t wait to continue watching both then!! And omg actually I know what Yaoi is because of fanfics I would read 🙈 but this was my first time watching an anime of a similar genre! I’m ready to go down the rabbit hole hehe

Michelle Lam

Ooh I’m glad to hear, will continue both :)

Michelle Lam

Aw yes I know, I love romance anime and I know there are some who would like to watch with me! My gf and I were actually considering reacting to it together bc we love that stuff haha

Lizzylizh

Given is amazing, I cried it’s cute and music is good (BL anime) also Sasaki and Miyano very cute and heart warming (joise would agree with me 1000%)

Ygjez

I don’t blame yall I had to rewatch this part again to understand what was going on 😭

Mike Jfrog

as not a Japanese speaker take this with a grain of salt, but my assumption is the term "BL" comes from the Japanese term "Shounen-ai" used to refer to a gay romance story. which can be broken down to "Shounen" meaning boy and "Ai" meaning love. i would assume it just makes for an easier abbreviation to say BL. "Yaoi" is also used for this. at the same time there is "Shojo-ai" for girls, but i have never heard it abbreviated, instead i more often see the term "Yuri" used whish also means Lesbian Romance.

Phyllis

🤭😆👍🏻

Phyllis

You are correct.👍🏻 Shounen-ai does literally does mean in Japanese, Shounen->Young boys/boys and Ai->Love. Same thing for Shoujo-ai for the female meaning.

Burn7G

It feels like I've been waiting a long time for this one, and it did not disappoint!

Yaz

If you’re looking for romance anime’s to binge Tomo Chan is a Girl is really fun.

Yuë SUZU

Bloom is great manga! I recommend you read it if you can ☺️

Luna

This episode is just the beginningg🔥 excited for moreeee I love how they bring back old characters! It didn’t click for me with Suirei at first as well but it keeps you on your toes😆 Fragrant flower! omg another anime/manga I love😍 idk if someone mentioned it already but the Japanese title of the show actually has a play on words with the two mc’s names which is cuteee, definitely recommend continuingg

tineannnevega

this is getting exciting, i love the upcoming episodes, yes this is a big turning point, everything is connected

Christina H.

The Apothecary Diaries isn‘t actually shoujo. As it was released in a seinen magazine it‘s a seinen anime. And it falls under the genre of mystery, drama and romance. All your questions will be answered at the end of the season^^

Pedro Rodrigues

michelle should make some special reacts for romance anime, really, but i know yous guys are so busy now, but it would be so fun ngl

kohijellyhhh

oh my god, you guys are so hilarious🤣😂

mamimumemo

yea to Michelle watching romance animes! Let's Go Karaoke! is my new favorite "romance" anime hahah well it's not really a romance more like bromance but anyway

N1rvana

OMG you started The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, it's rly good! we need reaction on it from you both :3 it has one of the best side characters and mom in all of anime. Also some top tier movie animation in some ep

Ni

Michelle! So happy to hear you watching Cherry Magic! It’s so cute haha. You guys were wondering about the term „Boys Love“. I think it’s just the direct translation of the Japanese term for it „shounen ai“. Shounen ai describes just the romantic aspect of male characters falling in love, with the sexual genre being „Yaoi“. You might have seen that floating around the internet somewhere too. So it’s not really a question of if it’s about boys or men. And yes „Girls Love“ exists too and the sexual genre is called „Yuri“.

Phoenix

OMG was not expecting to hear Michelle talking about BL anime today, and her first intro to it is Cherry Magic?! Omg thats so funny and I really hope she continues watching BL genre stuff and checks out GL genre stuff too because the plots for those kinda stories sometimes are the best ones like they're so cute and fun but if you want more spice that's also available in the Yaoi and Yuri genres. I love hearing about Ron and Michelle exploring more animes and other genres even in their own time, so happy to hear you're liking it so far Michelle! ❤️

Rinsol20

ohhh you're getting into BL? Let's gooo!!!

Ilsuk Yang

Since Shishou is color blind, he has the blood of the Royal Mother within in his veins. With such smart parents (including her adoptive father, Luomen), it's no wonder Maomao is so smart. She's in a bit of a pickle now, though